DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 08/07 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.2 - - 81.5 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 176 - - 119 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2846 - - 3576 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2520 - - 2848 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3735 - - 4465 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1372 - - 2085 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 337 - - 320 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 11 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 187 - - 206 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 4 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -11 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 524 - - 524 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3212 - - 3941 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -387 - - -919 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4122 - - 5384 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 88 - - 81 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1390 - - 1530 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.2 - - 81.5 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 68.0 - - 67.2 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 78.0 - - 80.7 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 66.9 - - 66.2 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 176 - - 119 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2846 - - 3576 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 51 - - 24 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 13 - - - EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 99671 29 110 23 087 99671 92162 27 101 20 093 92162 86358 26 087 23 100 86358 81526 22 094 17 085 81526 77362 21 096 15 086 77362 73694 16 087 13 088 73694 70382 13 065 12 109 70382 67337 5 057 12 078 67337 64510 4 102 5 079 64510 61777 6 291 2 351 61777 58944 11 254 8 302 58944 56020 16 287 20 292 56020 53252 21 279 29 271 53252 50777 24 289 28 269 50777 48559 30 294 31 272 48559 46542 37 301 35 283 46542 44680 46 305 42 288 44680 42943 51 303 47 287 42943 41311 44 292 51 283 41311 39783 39 271 51 278 39783 38356 39 267 47 271 38356 36990 39 265 45 264 36990 35612 37 259 42 262 35612 34185 37 260 36 255 34185 32710 36 261 32 255 32710 31173 35 260 31 261 31173 29558 34 255 33 262 29558 27867 32 247 36 260 27867 26096 31 248 39 259 26096 24248 25 252 38 259 24248 22325 21 242 32 259 22325 20319 23 253 26 260 20319 18224 19 264 23 269 18224 16091 15 257 19 278 16091 14040 13 282 13 308 14040 12174 15 308 16 338 12174 10513 13 305 14 349 10513 9033 12 276 7 328 9033 7717 15 256 11 256 7717 6549 16 249 14 231 6549 5514 14 242 14 216 5514 4603 9 219 12*210 4603 3797 9*196 12*208 3797 3075 10*190 11 207 3075 2435 10 188 11 206 2435 1901 10 187 11 205 1901 1491 10 186 10 204 1491 1208 9 185 10 204 1208 1037 9 185 9 204 1037 938 8 185 8 203 938 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography